Penn State Scandal: It's Time for Nittany Lions to Usher in New Regime

The scandal that has rocked Penn State is one of most despicable stories of all time, and it’s time for Penn State to clean house and bring in a new regime.

As much as I love Joe Paterno and the Penn State program, the absolute lack of university control by all parties involved is detestable at best.

The only thing left to do for the actual college is fire everyone in the football program from the ball boy to Paterno himself.

Paterno is a god on the Penn State campus, and the idea that he didn’t know about this is either the perfect example of someone burying his head in the sand and avoiding the truth at all costs.

There is no choice: Paterno has to go.

With the biggest black eye on the Penn State school that you could imagine, the only real option is a fresh start, and there is only one coach with the ability to usher in a new generation at the school.

Urban Meyer.

The school will never climb back into the American lexicon as the clean-cut school again, but with the arrival of Meyer and the staff he chooses to build, there may be hope of a new era in Nittany Lions football.

Meyer did face some minor NCAA allegations, but since none of them came to fruition and Meyer is a name people in college football respect, he would be the perfect pick.

With the whole tight-knit group plan not working very well in the past for the school, it’s time to hire all new outside people to straighten out the program from the inside out.

While I think Meyer would have a long road ahead of him, this is the kind of resurrection process that he could handle and that Penn State needs.

It’s a sad day in Happy Valley.

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